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Earlier on this week Dan, our graphic Designer and myself both hosted a workshop to a group of school pupils on Social Media Marketing and the term ‘Viral’.

The workshop lasted for 30 minutes and during that time we had to explain what Social Media is and how it can be utilised as a tool for Marketing.
We also gave a quick summary of each of our job roles and how Social Media Exec and a Graphic Designer work closely together to ensure all online presence is visual and meets brand guidelines.

The second half of the workshop was an activity to let the pupils put what they have learned into practice. We split the group into 2 teams to compete against each other at producing the best plan for
a social media strategy in creating a viral campaign. To help the pupils along we gave each team the choice of 4 products, things such as a sports drink of a new games console.
The pupils came up with some great, very unique ideas that could be used integrating social media and product marketing to gain the most coverage of their chosen brand/product.
It was a great experience for myself personally, as I normally the one in the learning seat.

It was a good reflection on my time at SharpFutures and how I have been able to take a set of skills learned and then pass it on to hopefully sway the next generations mindset in what careers
they may look at getting in to in the near future. Judging by feedback and seeing comments across twitter the students seemed to really enjoy being introduced to the creative digital sector,
with it being one of the fastest growing sectors I believe what we achieved from the workshop only contributes to the future growth.